Association of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor genotypes with susceptibility to endometriosis

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 481-486

  Kitawaki, Jo ^a   Xu, Bing ^a   Ishihara, Hiroaki ^a   Fukui, Michiaki ^a   Hasegawa, Goji ^a   Nakamura, Naoto ^a   Mizuno, Shigeto ^b   Ohta, Mitsuhiro ^b   Obayashi, Hiroshi ^c   Honjo, Hideo ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Institute of Bio Response Informatics   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Genetic factor; Human leukocyte antigen; Killer cell immunoglobulin like receptor; Polymerase chain reaction sequence specific primer

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, KIR;

EID: 36048997620     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2007.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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